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Sunday, February 28, 2021

'It's about time': Director Zhao makes history
In pictures: Globes stars still shine without red carpet
Hyunjin: K-pop star suspended for school bullying sparks debate
Golden Globe Awards 2021: Virtual ceremony gets under way
Cape Town: Pictures of how Muslim worship helps quell South African ganglands
Coronavirus: The misleading claims about an Indian remedy
Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring out of 'fear'
Yemen: The nine-year-old war-zone school teacher
Kooking with a Koori: How a Sydney father's simple meals have won hearts
Why this teen set up a prize-winning fake cosmetics shop
The midwives braving armed gangs in Colombia
Afghanistan: A year of violence on the road to peace
Iran nuclear deal: Tehran rules out informal talks on reviving accord
Denver family wows neighbourhood with snow art
Myanmar coup: Death toll rises as police crack down on protesters
Inter Milan owners close Chinese side Jiangsu
CPAC: Trump to return to political stage at conservative conference
Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Blinken says US concerned about atrocities
Doctor joins Zoom court hearing while operating on patient
Hong Kong charges 47 activists in largest use yet of new security law
Myanmar coup: Casualties rise as police step up crackdown

Saturday, February 27, 2021

Dominican Republic announces plans for Haiti border fence
New York Governor Cuomo faces fresh claims of sexual harassment
Has China lifted 100 million people out of poverty?
Covid: How this Indian firm is vaccinating the world
Covid vaccine: Germany urged to back AstraZeneca jab for over-65s
Golden Globe Awards 2021: Stars prepare for virtual ceremony
The Florida coffee shop where Trump is king
Maids in Lebanon: 'My employer treats me like a slave'
El Salvador polls: More power for President Nayib Bukele?
Cryptocurrencies: Why Nigeria is a global leader in Bitcoin trade
Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine: FDA approves single-shot jab
Covid-19: Belgium prisoners quarantined after virus outbreak
LeBron vs Zlatan: Who won the politics bout?
Pompeii: Archaeologists unveil ceremonial chariot discovery
Jamal Khashoggi: How intelligence report could dent US-Saudi ties for years
Myanmar coup: Security forces intensify protest crackdown
Indian man killed by his own rooster during cockfight
Venice: Low tides leave canals dry
Nigeria kidnappings: Hunt for 300 girls as second abducted school group freed
Coronavirus: Biden's $1.9tn Covid relief bill passes House vote

Friday, February 26, 2021

Tiger Woods car crash: Golfer 'in good spirits' after latest treatment
Haiti prison escape: Hundreds of inmates flee from Croix-des-Bouquets jail
The Dissident: Jamal Khashoggi documentary points finger at Saudi Arabia's crown prince
Monsters, mania and the unstoppable march of Pokémon
Mayday: How the White Helmets and James Le Mesurier got pulled into a deadly battle for truth
John F Kennedy: When the US president met Africa's independence heroes
Week in pictures: 20-26 February 2021
Bitcoin energy use 'bigger than most countries'
Ros Atkins on... Is Facebook too powerful?
Mourning the sisters killed as they taught handicrafts
Mary Robinson 'made a big mistake' over Dubai princess
Lady Gaga's dog walker Ryan Fischer to make 'full recovery'
China celebrates colourful Lantern Festival
Texas sea turtles released back into sea after cold front eases
Jamal Khashoggi: US says Saudi prince approved Khashoggi killing
Japan gender equality minister opposes change on separate spouse surnames
Twitter unveils 'super follow' feature
The young girl who became pen-pal with Bollywood's biggest stars
Nigeria's Zamfara attack: Hundreds of schoolgirls feared kidnapped
Singapore: Briton jailed for breaking strict quarantine

Thursday, February 25, 2021

North Korea: Russian diplomats leave by hand-pushed trolley
Melissa Caddick: Missing fraud suspect's foot found on Australian beach
Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: How a massacre in the sacred city of Aksum unfolded
Covid-19: Sri Lanka reverses 'anti-Muslim' cremation order
Biden approves US airstrike on Iran-backed militias in Syria
Covid-19: US high school band students rehearse in individual bubbles
Fijian rugby league players sing tribute to Sydney quarantine staff
Amazon rainforest plots sold via Facebook Marketplace ads
K-pop superstars Blackpink in climate change message
Analysis: Can Asia help Myanmar find a way out of coup crisis?
'Op Silent Viper': How an Indian rape suspect was caught after 22 years
Why Greenpeace is dropping huge boulders into the sea
Golden Globes: Celebrity make-up artists on their job in the pandemic
Canadian farmers advised to ditch palm oil after 'buttergate' row
Mr Potato Head to lose "Mr" title in gender-neutral rebrand
Nergal: Polish metal singer accused of blasphemy appeals for legal funds
China denies requiring anal swabs from US diplomats
China's Xi declares victory in ending extreme poverty
Jamal Khashoggi: US to release declassified report on murder
Andrew Cuomo: Why is New York's governor facing controversy?
Armenia PM Nikol Pashinyan denounces 'attempted military coup'

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Myanmar coup: Facebook, Instagram place immediate ban on military
Princess Latifa urges UK police to reopen sister's kidnap case
Hit TV show Frasier to be revived after 20 years
Man survives 14 hours 'clinging to sea rubbish'
Goldman Sachs: Bank boss rejects work from home as the 'new normal'
Singapore: Police officer's wife admits to killing Myanmar maid
Chinese £3,200 budget electric car takes on Tesla
Australia passes law to make Google and Facebook pay for news
The colourful fridges popping up on American streets
North Korea enslaved South Korean prisoners of war in coal mines
Brazilian Amazon: Juma descendants of 'last warrior' vow to carry on legacy
Biden's Covid stimulus plan: It costs $2tn but what's in it?
Looming battle for Yemen's Marib city risks humanitarian disaster
Have Australians fallen out of love with Sydney and Melbourne?
Viewpoint: Self-defence not the answer to Nigeria's kidnap crisis
Kenya: A sustainable solution to locust swarms?
GameStop surges again as Reddit crashes temporarily
Mara Wilson: 'Sexualised' child star expresses solidarity with Britney Spears
Golfer Tiger Woods crash: Car found on side after rolling over
Amnesty strips Alexei Navalny of 'prisoner of conscience' status
Ecuador jail fight: Dozens of inmates killed in gang war
Dozens of dolphins found dead on Mozambique beach
Ghislaine Maxwell offers to give up UK and French citizenship for bail
New Zealand: Rescuers save 28 whales from stranding spot
Covid: WHO scheme Covax delivers first vaccines to Ghana

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Malaysia deports Myanmar nationals despite court order
New Zealand: Pilot whales refloated at stranding spot
China court orders man to pay wife for housework in landmark case
Franco: Melilla enclave removes last statue of fascist dictator on Spanish soil
Tiger Woods: Proud champion who bounced back
Biden holds first foreign meeting with Canada's Justin Trudeau
Syrian torture verdict expected in landmark German case
Daniel Prude: No charges for US officers over 'spit-hood' death
The Simpsons creator Matt Groening on equality, memes and monorails
Walker Swamp: The mission to restore an Australian wetland
Senegal's teenage jockey races to fame
Priyanka Dewan: The roller-skating star who beat disability stigma
Coronavirus: Do I send my child back to school?
Motera: The world's largest cricket stadium to host India-England Test
Collision between train and truck causes massive explosion in Texas
Security officials testify Capitol rioters 'came prepared for war'
Rebels deny killing Italian ambassador to DR Congo
Daphne Caruana Galizia murder: Suspect pleads guilty
Covid infection in Lagos 'may top Africa's official total'
North Korea man wandered for hours in DMZ amid South's security blunders
Nika Melia, Georgian opposition leader, is arrested at party HQ
Ebola vaccines arrive in Guinea after dust storm delay
Disha Ravi: India activist, 22, granted bail by court
Vanessa Bryant criticises Meek Mill for 'insensitive' Kobe Bryant lyric

Monday, February 22, 2021

Facebook reverses ban on news pages in Australia
Clubhouse confirms data spillage of its audio streams
Boeing 777: Signs of 'metal fatigue' found on Denver plane engine
500,000 deaths: The 'colourful' lives lost to Covid
Australia: Oldest rock art is 17,300-year-old kangaroo
Gender-reveal device explosion kills father-to-be
El Chapo's wife Emma Coronel Aispuro arrested in US over 'drug trafficking'
Extinction: Freshwater fish in 'catastrophic' decline
South Korea coronavirus: PM aims for 'herd immunity by autumn'
Sri Lanka human rights: UK seeks new UN resolution on abuses
Covid US death toll: Imagining what 500,000 lost lives look like
Sarika Kale: The sports star who could afford just one meal a day
Thousands dead but no prosecutions - why Liberia has not acted
Canada's parliament declares China's treatment of Uighurs 'genocide'
Texas weather: Family of 11-year-old file lawsuit over his death
139-year-old Victorian house moved in San Francisco
Woody Allen says doc is 'riddled with falsehoods'
James Franco sexual misconduct case settled
The Muppet Show: Disney adds content warning over 'negative stereotypes'
Italian ambassador to DR Congo killed in UN convoy attack
Kenya: Endangered giraffes killed by low power lines
Coronavirus: High Covid rates delay France and Germany easing
Christchurch earthquake: Memorial held for victims 10 years on
Myanmar coup: Protesters amass despite military warning
Varavara Rao: Jailed India activist, 81, granted temporary bail
LGBT+ History Month: Matthew Mitcham's troubled path to historic Olympic gold

Sunday, February 21, 2021

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani: 'This is not Vietnam'
Bitcoin keeps hitting new highs after Tesla backing
China 'Sexy tea' shop apologises for calling women 'bargains'
United Airlines grounds planes after engine failure
UK: Myanmar military must release Suu Kyi
Covid: Australian Open fans criticised for 'booing vaccine'
Africa's data gap: Measuring the cost of not counting the dead
Over-The-Rhine: Is this a model for urban renewal or a warning sign?
The most important humanitarian gesture in decades?
Divya Kakran: 'I became famous for wrestling boys'
Afghanistan's Ghani sees 'window of opportunity' for peace process
Pangong Lake: India and China complete pull-back of forces
Seven Niger election officials killed by land mine on poll day
Malcolm X family demands reopening of murder investigation
France row as Lyon mayor keeps meat off school menus
Israel pollution: Tar globs disfigure coast after oil spill
Seven die in Nigerian Air Force plane crash near Abuja airport
Video shows US plane engine on fire
Passengers describe 'explosion' as plane engine fails
Covid: WHO pleads with Tanzania to start reporting cases
Three killed in New Orleans gun shop shooting
Myanmar coup: Facebook deletes military's main news site

Saturday, February 20, 2021

Kangaroo Island dunnart: Saving a bushfire-ravaged marsupial
Australian PM is vaccinated as rollout begins
Israel eases restrictions following vaccine success
How Trump offered Kim a ride on Air Force One
How European businesses are adapting to Brexit
Singapore vending machines now dispense salmon, crab and even cacti
Covid-19: Which countries in Africa are administering vaccines?
Are streaming algorithms really damaging film?
Why the US is eyeing a $300 monthly child benefit
Computer says go: Taking orders from an AI boss
Pablo Hasel: Versace looted and vehicles ablaze in Barcelona protests
Covid: 'Each one of these people mattered'
US plane scatters engine debris over Denver homes
Bird flu: Russia detects first case of H5N8 bird flu in humans
Friedrich Karl Berger: US deports ex-concentration camp guard to Germany
Covid: Anti-vaccination protesters rally in Australia
Wall Street Charging Bull sculptor Arturo Di Modica 'dies aged 80'
Myanmar coup: At least two killed as police disperse protesters
Covid: Anti-vaccination protests held in Australia ahead of rollout
Australian Open: Naomi Osaka beats Jennifer Brady in women's final
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West split 'cordial and co-ordinated' - Perez Hilton
Women pose as grannies to skip vaccine queue
Alexei Navalny: Putin critic loses appeal against jailing

Friday, February 19, 2021

Alaska woman attacked by bear while using toilet
Margaret Mitchell: Google fires AI ethics founder
Coronavirus: What Europeans have learned from a year of pandemic
Algeria's protests are back and the president is worried
Is business the 'path to peace' in the Middle East?
Are migrants being influenced to enter the EU by vlogs?
The art of protest in Myanmar – and its wanted list
ICYMI: Ice carousels, a wallaby and a mammoth tooth
North Korean defectors: What happens when they get to the South?
How a joke ended up before Canada’s top court
How Congo-Brazzaville's shark population came under threat
Brittany Higgins: Parliament rape accuser makes complaint
Mars landing: Excitement builds over new images from Nasa Perseverance rover
Alps hiker survives seven icy nights after fall in Italy
Somali capital gunfire amid election protests
How much does climate change cost US economy?
US-Saudi alliance: Major reset under way
Africa's week in pictures: 12-18 February 2021

Thursday, February 18, 2021

Myanmar coup: Woman shot during anti-coup protests dies
Iran nuclear deal: US agrees to join talks 'at critical moment'
Ladakh: China reveals soldier deaths in India border clash
'Pawri girl': A five-second video brings India and Pakistan together
Malaysian court finds news site guilty of contempt
Farmer protests: India's sedition law used to muffle dissent
Covid vaccines: Macron proposes sending 4-5% of doses to poorer nations
Texas storm: ‘He’s 92 so we wrapped him tight like a mummy’
Iran nuclear deal: Clock ticks as rivals square up
The dentist who helped a koala to walk
Brazil: Can you vaccinate a whole town against Covid?
France's elite forced to confront sexual abuse scandals
Now Norway is offering drug-free treatment to people with psychosis
Cancel culture: Have any two words become more weaponised?
Nasa's Perseverance rover lands on Mars
Hervé Gourdel: Man sentenced over French tourist's killing
Prisoner exchange after Israeli woman enters Syria
Smart materials: From tiny robots to colour-swapping clothes
Unnao: Dalit teenaged girls found dead on India farm
Serena Williams leaves news conference in tears
Man arrested after Nicki Minaj's father killed in hit-and-run
Texas weather: Residents told to boil tap water amid power blackouts
Tokyo 2020: Japan Olympics minister Hashimoto appointed head of Games
Belarus jails two TV journalists for filming mass protest
Facebook Australia: PM Scott Morrison 'will not be intimidated' by tech giant

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Australian Open: Naomi Osaka beats Serena Williams in straight sets to reach final
Pablo Hasél protests: Violence in Spanish cities over rapper’s jailing
Demi Lovato 'had three strokes and a heart attack' after 2018 overdose
Period poverty: New Zealand schools to offer free sanitary products
BTS label Big Hit and Universal seek next boy band
Australia news code: What’s this row with Facebook and Google all about?
'It's not the end': Russian activist prepares for jail
Texas weather: ‘We’re on day three of no power'
Rush Limbaugh: Radio host who loved to shock
How Afghanistan police train for Taliban attacks and suicide bombers
Covid and suicide: Japan's rise a warning to the world?
Texas weather: Are frozen wind turbines to blame for power cuts?
Malnutrition is rising across India - why?
Nasa Perseverance rover: How this Mars landing will be different
Priyanka Chopra Jonas locked down in London
Rush Limbaugh, provocative US radio host, dies aged 70
Los Angeles police 'wanted Amazon Ring BLM protest footage'
Hotel Rwanda hero Rusesabagina in court on terrorism charges
Dutch Jews died in 'secret Nazi gas chamber' in 1941
New Zealand deploys insects to tackle wasp problem
Britney Spears: Documentary director on 'tight circle' around singer
Japan student forced to dye her hair wins compensation
Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page cast in Dungeons & Dragons movie
Texas weather: Deaths mount as winter storm leaves millions without power
Nigeria gunmen raid Kagara school and abduct boys
Japan's ruling party invites women to 'look not talk' at key meetings
Pete Evans: Instagram ban for Australian chef over conspiracy theories
Pablo Hasel protests: Thousands demand rapper's release in Spain
MJ Akbar: India minister loses #MeToo defamation case to Priya Ramani
Myanmar coup: Roads blocked in Yangon as thousands protest

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Winter storm leaves millions without electricity in Texas
Princess Latifa: UN to question UAE about Dubai ruler's daughter
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's wife makes first appearance in a year
China overtakes US as EU's biggest trading partner
Peru vaccine scandal: Ex-president asked for early jab, doctors says
Covid: Melbourne lockdown to end after quarantine outbreak controlled
Nodeep Kaur: The jailed activist Meena Harris tweeted about
Princess Latifa: Jailed in Dubai by my father
North Korean defectors: What happens when they get to the South?
Congo River: At least 60 drowned after boat capsizes
Anthony Fauci wins Israel's Dan David $1m prize for 'defending science'
In pictures: Snow blankets Texas
North Korean man caught by South after crossing border
Full-face hot-wax TikTok videos prompt warnings
Spain: Rapper Pablo Hasel arrested after police enter university
New WTO boss warns against vaccine nationalism
Bangladesh Avijit Roy murder: Five sentenced to die for machete attack on blogger
China arrests leader of fake vaccine scam

Monday, February 15, 2021

US 'outraged' by deadly rocket attack on Irbil
New Zealand lashes at Australia in citizenship row over terror suspect
Central African Republic: War crimes trial of two ex-militia leaders starts
Amazon vs Reliance: Why are two of the world's richest men in court?
Texas blanketed by snow
Australia PM apologises to staffer who alleges she was raped in parliament
Yemen: The boy who saved his sister from a sniper
How Congo-Brazzaville's shark population came under threat
Optimism as Cuba set to test its own Covid vaccine
The hypercar maker who was told to give up his dream
Without music, will New Orleans survive?
Independent commission to investigate Capitol riots
Former Australian Olympian Scott Miller held over 'hidden drugs haul'
Nicki Minaj's father killed by hit-and-run driver in New York
Dispute over Haiti presidential term triggers unrest
Covid map: Coronavirus cases, deaths, vaccinations by country
Disha Ravi: The jailed Indian activist linked to Greta Thunberg
Myanmar coup: Protesters face up to 20 years in prison under new law
Japan's economy shrinks 4.8% in 2020 due to Covid
Abydos beer factory: Ancient large-scale brewery discovered in Egypt
Disha Ravi: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal calls arrest 'attack on democracy'

Sunday, February 14, 2021

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala set to be first African boss of WTO
Capitol riots timeline: The evidence presented against Trump
McConnell blames 'Trump's lies' but votes not guilty
New York City : Man charged with deadly subway stabbings
How a joke ended up before Canada’s top court
Solving Covid easy compared with climate - Bill Gates
Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: 'I lost my hand when a soldier tried to rape me'
Why the US is eyeing a $300 monthly child benefit
Indian farmers' protests: Why they matter to British Indians
Crown Resorts chief Ken Barton resigns amid money laundering scandal
Mourid Barghouti: Leading Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti dies aged 77
Catalonia Spain: Separatists set to boost majority in regional parliament
Why this Australian girl has cleaned graves for eight years
Covid: Should we double mask face coverings?
Hotel quarantine: What isolating in a hotel room is like
Biden calls for gun law reform on anniversary of Parkland shooting
US cold snap: Why is Texas seeing Arctic temperatures?
Spain migrant worker camp fire: 'Our house is burning'
Myanmar coup: US tells its citizens to 'shelter in place'
Obituary: Former Argentine President Carlos Menem
Covid: UK scientist defends WHO fact-finding mission to Wuhan
Bristol choir helps US girl with sleep problem
Trump impeachment trial: Biden warns democracy is fragile
Covid infecting humans through animal host 'probable'
Covid-19 pandemic: New Zealand's biggest city ordered into lockdown
Guinea records first Ebola deaths since 2016
India activist Disha Ravi arrested over 'toolkit'

Saturday, February 13, 2021

Trump impeachment: The debate that led to acquittal
Alexei Navalny: The women fighting against Russian corruption
Sunday Igboho: The Nigeria car salesman going after cattle herders
Koo v Twitter: Why India's government is favouring a social media newcomer
TJ Ducklo: Biden aide quits over 'abhorrent' language
Does yoga have a conspiracy theory problem?
Kohima: Britain's 'forgotten' battle that changed the course of WWII
Covid-19: South Africa to reopen border crossings
Where are Cape Town's great white sharks?
Your pictures on the theme of 'shelter'
Slalom: Film director 'was afraid' to tell story of abuse on the slopes
Myanmar coup: Fear and defiance at night-time arrests
Trump impeachment: Senate falls short of majority needed to convict
Fukushima: Powerful earthquake rocks Japan weeks from disaster anniversary
Covid-19 pandemic: China 'refused to give data' to WHO team
In pictures: Joy for Dutch as canals freeze over
Covid: Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to be tested on children
Tennis star's coach walks out as he blows two-set lead
ICYMI: A dog rescue and a dog detective
What will the military do after seizing power in Myanmar?
Soldiers killed in Napoleon's 1812 retreat buried
Impeachment: Three key arguments by Trump’s lawyers

Friday, February 12, 2021

US to allow in thousands of asylum seekers waiting in Mexico
Nasa's pioneering black women
Week in pictures: 6-12 February 2021
Letter from Africa: How the Nairobi Expressway is changing Kenya's capital
Pakistan's Ali Sadpara: The climber who never came back from K2
The 'saviour' loan apps that trapped pandemic-struck Indians
The video of a protester's arrest Russian police 'leaked to scare people'
How Mike Pence became a villain in Trump world
Myanmar coup: What led to the military seizing power?
Shell in Nigeria: Polluted communities 'can sue in English courts'
Covid: Germany to halt travel from Czech Republic and Tyrol
Trump impeachment: Defence team set to present speedy case
Britney Spears: Judge rules singer's father must share conservatorship
Martin Gugino: Charges dropped against US officers who pushed protester
Russia warns EU it could cut ties over sanctions
'At least you're not a cat!' Congress video goes wrong
What's behind Covid-19 surge in southern Africa?
Driver captures footage of deadly mass pile-up on a Texas highway
US football team celebrates Super Bowl win with boat parade
Myanmar coup: Mass protests defy coup leader's plea

Thursday, February 11, 2021

Biden warns China will 'eat our lunch' on infrastructure spending
Covid: Victoria state to enter third lockdown after outbreak of UK variant
Anna Sorokin: Fake heiress released from US prison
Arab Spring: How the uprisings still echo, 10 years on
Covid-19: Chinatowns fighting racism and pandemic to survive
'Putin's palace': Builders' story of luxury, mould and fake walls
Coronavirus vaccines: How’s my country and the rest of the world doing?
The global race to produce hydrogen offshore
Impeachment: 'Convict Trump or it could happen again,' trial told
Covid and gun violence: Tijuana, the city with a double pandemic
Covid-19 and Wuhan: Why don't we know more?
Forests the size of tennis courts
China Mac: From attempted murder to leading a protest movement
Pangong Lake: India and China to pull back from disputed border
Mandalorian star dropped after 'abhorrent' posts
Joss Whedon: Buffy stars accuse TV show's 'cruel' creator
Iran produces uranium metal in new violation of nuclear deal

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Obesity: Appetite drug could mark 'new era' in tackling condition
Ozone layer 'rescued' from CFC damage
Covid-19: Kent virus variant 'on course to sweep world'
India: Nepal bans India climbers for faking Everest summit
US-China relations: Details released of Biden's first call with Xi
US Treasury: Yellen warns of 'explosion' of cybercrime risk
GameStop investors on a wild ride: 'It was a rollercoaster of emotion'
Capitol mob got close to Pence, Romney and Schumer, new footage shows
US airline set to buy flying electric taxis for airport runs
Trump impeachment: Democrats say Trump left those at Capitol 'for dead'
Hustler founder and free-speech activist Larry Flynt dies aged 78
Numbats: Saving a marsupial 'unique even to Australia'
Documenting the 2011 revolution in Egypt
Myanmar coup: 'Down with the military - release our leaders!'
Elisa Lam: What really happened in the Cecil Hotel
Pablo Escobar: Why scientists want to kill Colombia's hippos
The Great Indian Kitchen: Serving an unsavoury tale of sexism in home
Central African Republic: A country under siege
Cat Zoom: Lawyer Rod Ponton surprised to become internet star
Venezuelans say new legal status 'changes everything'
Cat filter: Texas lawyer on becoming 'internet sensation' after Zoom mishap
South Africa may swap or sell AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine
Trump defender's 'rambling' Senate speech slated
New Zealand parliament says ties not mandatory after Maori MP ejected
Covid: EU's von der Leyen admits vaccine rollout shortcomings
Heineken cuts 8,000 jobs after Covid hits sales
Myanmar coup: Pools and princesses as protesters go all out

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Twitter's 'extraordinary year' sees record revenues
Dance label R&S Records accused of racial discrimination
Myanmar coup: Military raids Aung San Suu Kyi's party headquarters
Trump impeachment: What the Proud Boys did before president's speech
Trump impeachment: Senate says trial is constitutional and can go ahead
Fake Covid videos 'will cost lives'
Amazon worker fight: 'You're a cog in the machine'
Covid: How Serbia soared ahead in vaccination campaign
Clubhouse: The controversial chats that angered China's censors
Draghi: Call of duty for Italy's 'Super Mario'
Letter from Africa: How a text book exposed a rift in Sudan's new government
A behind-the-scenes peek into President Trump's diplomacy
Europe's oldest person survives Covid just before 117th birthday
Lawyer gets stuck with cat filter during virtual court case
Uttarakhand dam disaster: 'The most difficult seven hours of my life'
Two Holocaust historians face Polish court verdict
Mary Wilson - a Motown legend and a style icon
Maori MP ejected from NZ parliament for refusing to wear tie
Covid: WHO team says 'extremely unlikely' virus leaked from lab
Bitcoin hits fresh highs after Tesla investment
Supremes co-founder and singer Mary Wilson dies aged 76
Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail under security law

Monday, February 8, 2021

Colombia to grant legal status to Venezuelan migrants
Trump impeachment: Fact-checking the Senate trial
Capitol riots: Five takeaways from the arrests
Trump impeachment: Senate paves way for speedy trial of ex-president
Myanmar coup: Police clamp down as protesters defy ban on gatherings
Covid: South Korea launches test for pet cats and dogs
Robinhood: US family sue trading app over son's suicide
Brexit effect: No custard creams for Brits in Europe
Covid: Why Australia's 'world-class' quarantine system has seen breaches
Nourin Mohamed Siddig: The African art of reciting the Koran
Nirbhaya Fund: The gang rape victim's scheme that's not reaching women
Hyundai: The carmaker aiming to become a tech firm
Egypt's revolution: I saw the unimaginable happen
Trump impeachment: The terror of being trapped in the US Capitol
Australian Open: How the event is trying to stay Covid-safe
Clubhouse discussion app knocked offline in China
Dutch suspend foreign adoptions after abuses found
Framing Britney Spears: Critics and fans welcome 'rigorous' documentary
How Covid is ‘creating a new genre’ for live music
Syria 'finds body of archaeologist Khaled al-Asaad beheaded by IS'
Super Bowl: Cardboard cut-outs and Amanda Gorman steal the show
Israel's Netanyahu enters plea in court in corruption trial

Sunday, February 7, 2021

China’s tech giants face new anti-monopoly rules
Australian Open: Serena Williams & Naomi Osaka win but Angelique Kerber loses
Myanmar coup: Workers join nationwide strike as protests continue
Oil prices climb back to pre-pandemic levels
Cheng Lei: Australian journalist faces China spying charges
Super Bowl 2021: Tom Brady wins seventh title as Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Kansas City Chiefs
Super Bowl Halftime show: How did The Weeknd do?
Uttarakhand: Scores missing after India glacier bursts dam
Uighurs: 'Credible case' China carrying out genocide
Trump impeachment explained
In pictures: Cycling 5,000 miles in a city of change
The myth and reality of the super soldier
Assassins: How CCTV gave Kim Jong-nam murder documentary added intrigue
'Kenyan police asked if my husband was a sorcerer'
Abducted, trafficked or killed: The life of a sex worker in Sierra Leone
Haiti political turmoil: Judge and police officer among 23 arrested for 'coup attempt'
South Africa halts AstraZeneca jab over new strain
George Shultz: US secretary of state who helped end Cold War dies
Iran nuclear deal: US sanctions will not be lifted for talks, says Biden
Storm Darcy: Netherlands hit by 'first major snowstorm in decade'
Chile: Violence flares after police officer shoots street performer dead
Pussy Riot: Russian protests are 'battle for hearts and minds'
India floods: India dam swept away after glacier crashes into it
Ecuadoreans choose president amid economic turmoil
ICYMI: Groundhog Day and boot-iful snow patterns
India floods: Scores missing after glacier smashes Uttarakhand dam
Utah avalanche: Four skiers killed after snowslide near Salt Lake City